1. This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India was filed in this court by the above-named petitioner in the matter of violation of Articles 14, 16 and 19 of the Constitution of India read with the Rajasthan Subordinate Service (Recruitment and Other Service Conditions) Rules, 1960 and in the matter of appointment of Junior Engineers (Civil) in Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department of the State of Rajasthan.

2. The factual background of this case briefly stated is that the petitioner after passing 3 years diploma course in civil engineering in the year 1985 securing Ist Division with 65% marks, passed AMIE in civil engineering in the year 1990 and thereafter passed diploma course in Rural Technology Development and Management examination held in May, 1990 securing Ist Division with 72.9% and was also awarded first position in Rajasthan in the said examination vide Annexures 1 to 4. The petitioner is thus a highly qualified person having acquired full training in Rural Development Programme and is presently working as Consultant with RIICO as a civil engineer. The petitioner had also acquired experience of working in various establishments and